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off this net of mental creations. No object in this world is either good or bad in itself" "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so". The concepts of good and bad are merely your own creations brought about by your own attachments and hatred. Why do you agitate yourself with such meaningless mental creations ?
HAVE YOU LOVED YOUR SOUL ?
You must adopt the attitude of Karunasara and Anubandhasara neutrality towards living beings. You must adopt the Nirvedasara type of apathy towards inanimate objects. In this universe, there are only two entities namely the conscious and the inert. You have to live in contact with these two entities. Even your own existence is brought about by a combin these two entities. The body is inert while the soul is conscious. When the soul becomes permanently liberated from the body, then it is liberated also from the samsar but it is not an easy thing to discard the bondage of the body.
I am the soul that embodies Sath (reality) chit (consciousness) and Anand (supreme bliss). Have you thought thus at any time ? Have you at any time made love to your soul? If love arises for the soul then endeavour can be made to emancipate it from the ephemeral bondage of the body. Consider your body as a bondage.
From the Audience : We feel that the body is lovable; we never felt at anytime that it was a bondage.
Maharajashri : This is a serious matter. If you feel that the body is pleasant and lovable, you will never think of the soul. Any time in the night when all the members of your family are asleep and when you have not been able to sleep, sit upon your bed and think of your soul. Look through the window at the blue sky. Look at the endless, infinite sky. Then you begin your contemplation thus.
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